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Breech-Loading Fire -Arm.

Patented I June 2, 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 78,519, dated June 2,1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT'MAY eonenmi:-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS-H: Escmimcn, of Baltim'pre, in the co'u'ntyof Baltirhore,and State of Mary-3' land, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Breeeh Loading Fire-firms; and I do hereby declare thefollowingto be a full and correctdescription of the same, suiricient toenable others skilled in the art to whichmy improvement appertains tofullyunderstand and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, andin.Which--- Figure I is a central longitudinal vertical section, and

FigureII a side elevation of my improvements Like letters indicate likeparts in bothfiguresl The nature of my invention consists in a simpleand novel means of opening and closing a breech-loading fire-arm, inwhich the barrel itself is hinged-and moved for loading.

A,'in the drawings, may representrthe main stock of a breech-loadingfire-arm, to which apart, B,'is hinged,

as shown at Q. The barrel or barrelsare provided with two projections,'Cand D, theformer being hook-shaped, and the -latter of any suitableforin, merely providedwith aliole to admit of a pin, b, passing through,by

means of which projection and pin the'barrelor-barrels E are secured tothe part B of the stock. The rear, 'end of this part B is roundedout,'so as to form, together with the hookv G, abearin g for the pin 'c,which forms the pivot of the'barreh as shown in Fig. I, the stock being,at its front end, cut out, so as to receive the hook C and rear endoffthe part3. i l

A little in the rear of=the pivot the stock, A, has an opening, thefront-end of which is rounded out, as shown at d,:so as to conform tothe shape of scam, E, which is pivoted on the-pin e', and is operated bya lever, F, pivoted on the pin f. The cam E has three separateprojections, g, h, e, which each forma meansof holding the breechinplaee when the tire-arm is ready to be discharged. The lever F has anarm,- k, whichoper'ates against the projection i and the bulging part ofthe cam E, as will be hereinafter more clearly. described.

The lever F is also provided witha hookshaped projection, Z, beingsituated above the twin 7c;

The breech. of the barrel is hollowed out slightly on its under side, asshown at m,- and is provided with a projection, n, which is hook-shaped,and has a recess, 0, formed in its front part.

A hole, n, in the rear of the breech, serves to admit a pin, .9, whichis attached to a spring, ryseeuredto the stock-iron H, and has adownward projection, q. I i I The operation of the device is very simpleand eii'ective. When the barrel is in position, as shown in Fig. I, theprojection g of the cam E seizes into the hollowedpart in, while theprojection 7i seizesv into the recess 0 of the hook n, which latter isheldby the hook I of the lever F, the arm I; of which rests against'theprojection iof the cam E, and holds the earn firmly in position. At thesame time the pin q is held in the hole by means of the spring 1'. Q I iIn opening the breech the lever Fis moved forward, whereby the hook Zisdrawn out from the hook 12,

and, coming in contact with the projection q' oi the ping, forces theletter from out of the hole p. A soonas the pin q' is clear of thebreech, the arm lrof the lever F begins to operate npon thebulging part,7" of the cam E, forcing the upper part of the same forward, andits-pro ections g and it out of the hollow place 'm and the recess 0. ofthe hook -)t, and at the sametir n'c lifting the'breech by-nnean's ofthe heck n,'the feel part of the hook.

l at the same time holding the pin q clear'of the breech.

In closing the breech the lever Fiis moved backward, the hook Iseizingthe hook it and forcing it downward, releasing at the sametimethe pin q, and allowing it to slip into the hole 12, attached by thespring awhile the arm is, operating-on the projection 2' of the camforces theupper portion of the latter back, and the projections 9' audiinto the hollow place m'and recess 0. v

The lever F may forin'the trigger-guard, and be secured in the rear tothe stock by a spring top, or in any 1 other suitable manner. V Havingthus described my invention, what I claiin as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-,-'.

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1. The construction of the angular pins 5 9-, of the forwardly-projecting part g, and' the do'n'nwendby- I projecting part g, andoperaterl by thehook Z of the lever F, su'ostontiolly as hereindescribed and for the putposespeoi fied.

2. The com E, provided with projections, 9 I1. 2', and bulging part-j,in combination with the lever F, provided with hook I and arm It,substantially as and for the purposes described, t

3'. The com E and lever F, constructed as described, in combination withthe book 12, provided with recess 0, and the hollowed recess m,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The com E, level" F, and hook n, constructed as described, incombination with the pin q, provided with adownward projection, q, andsecured to the spring 1', and with the hole]; in the breech,substantially as and for the pnrposes set forth. 7

The above specification of my improvement in breech-loading fire-armssigned this sixth tiny of Febru- FRANCIS H; ESGHERICH. Witnesses:

B. Sonormmi, B. Nomvoon.

